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40 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Makch 31, 1910. 



there has been little if any profit in can- 

 ning tomatoes the l^st two seasons. 



The growers in Michigan and "Wiscon- 

 sin are gradually acquiring the necessary 

 pea and bean acreage, but it is costing 

 more than it has in any recent year. 



The onion-set season bids fair to close 

 with a weak market, a condition, more- 

 over, that does not assist the men whose 

 interest some time ago was in large meas- 

 ure transferred to the 1910 crop. 



The mail-order seed trade has had an 

 excellent March. The unseasonably warm 

 weather that was general over the whole 

 country during the week preceding Easter 

 brought a perfect avalanche of orders 

 from people who weife in' a hurry for their 

 seeds. Counter trade also ran ahead of 

 usual records because of the early arrival 

 of spring in many important seed buying 

 districts. 



Mr. Hickey, manager of the Barteldes 

 Seed Co., Oklahoma City, Okla., states 

 that the rush of business is unprecedent- 

 ed; seasonable weather for seed-sowing 

 is causing heavy demands along all lines 

 of seeds. Shortages are few and scarcely 

 noticeable, and the entire force of the 

 company is in the midst of a daily and 

 continuous rush to keep up with the 

 orders which are pouring in with every 

 mail. 



The Northern Wisconsin Seed Co., 

 Sturgeon Bay, Wis., with an authorized 

 capital of $25,000, has been incorporated 

 under the laws of the state of Wiscon- 

 sin, The company will make a specialty 

 of growing seed peas and considerable 

 acreage has already been contracted for 

 in Wisconsin and Michigan, in which lat- 

 ter state the company has likewise filed 

 articles to do business. The executive 

 oflBcers of the company are Carl E. 

 Dreutzer, president, and Ralph W. Crary, 

 vice-president. 



W. Atlee Burpee said, March 23, that 

 it has long been the custom of his house 

 to complete the ofiice work on all orders 

 the day they are received, then to have 

 every order executed and dispatched the 

 day following. There was, however, such 

 an influx of extra orders during the sec- 

 ond and third weeks of March, working 

 with 247 employees, that they were unable 

 to avoid falling a Ihftle behind and Mr. 

 Burpee found they would continue to be 

 two or three days late in filling orders 

 during the next week or ten days. He says 

 that next season, even with a correspond- 

 ing increase, he will be able to handle the 

 business with his usual promptness, as 

 he will then have all the property north 

 to Buttonwood street fitted up for the 

 mail order trade. 



SECRET COMMISSIONS. 



In England the giving of commissions 

 to those authorized to make purchases 

 • for their employers became so common 

 a practice that in 1906 a law was passed 

 known as the Prevention of Corruption 

 Act, prescribing severe penalties for 

 t^QSe who violate its provisions. It was 



-TO THX TRADK- 



HENRY METTE, Qoedlinborg, fiermaay 



"■^^^^^"^^■^ (Established in 1787) 



Grower And Exporter on the rery luvest ie«le of all 



CHOICE VFUeTABLE, PLOWtR and FARM ^EEDS 



Specialties: Beans, Beets, Cabbages, Carrots, Kohl-Rabi Leeks, Lettuces, Onions, 

 Peas, Radlslies, Spinach, Turnips, Swedes, Asters, Balsams, Begonias, Carnations, 

 Cinenirias. (Jloxinias, Larlispurs, Nasturtiums, PanSles, Petunias, Phlox, Primulas, 

 Scabious, Stocks, Verbenas. Zinnias, etc. CatJilogruo free on application. 



HKNRT METTK'S TRIUMPH OF THiC GIANT PAN8IBS (mixed), the most 

 perfect and most beautiful in the world, |5.00 per oz. ; |1.50 per H oz. ; 75c per 1-16 oz. Postage 

 paid. Cash with order. 



All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my own vast sfrounds, 

 and are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, finest stocks and best quality. I also 

 KTow^ largrely seeds on contract. 



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DIRECT IMPORTATIONS 



From BEL6IUM 

 Froi HOLLAND 



AT FOREIGN GROWKRS' PRICKS 



From 6ERMANY 



Palms, Araucarias, Bay Trees, 

 Azalea Indica, etc. 

 Boxwood, Rhododendrons, 

 pot-grown Shrubs for forcing, 

 etc. 



Valley Pips, 

 forcing. 



Early or late 



English Manetti, selected for 

 afti 



From ENGLAND grafting. 



TniBi IIBAII Lilium Longiflorum Gigan- ~- 



riUin JArAN teum. Multiflorum, etc. 

 Full list of Japanese, Holland, Xnarllsb and French Nursery Stock 



Write for catalogues, special i»,nn» R crrarlo* Ral» Our business is import and wholesale 

 Ibts, etc., mentioning the class nArrlA In^Tml^' OTk\y. Don't write unless you use suffici- 



of stock you are interested in. ""' '" '"" °°'y* ent to make direct separate imporUtions. 



McHUTCHlSON & CO. 



17 MURRAY STREET 



NEW YORK 



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FLOWER OF FAIRFIELD 



■VKRBLOOMIMG CRIMSON RAMBLER 



The best climbing rose in trade, flowering during the whole summer in large clusters of finest 

 crimson color. Prices for first rate plants, with 3 to 6 shoots, open ground grown, $12.50 per 100; $115.00 

 per 1000. Extra strong plants, with 5 and more branches. $18.00 per 100. Packing free. Cash wiUi 

 order only. Best shipping facilities. 



SCHULTHEIS BROS., The "Old" Rtse Gardens, at Steiofurth, near Bad-Nauheim. Germany 



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VAN GRIEKEN'S BILBS, 



SOUND AND 

 WELL SELECTED 



Hl«h Grade Hyaclntli^Tullj«,Njurcl.^.. y^ VBH Gflcken, llSSC, Holland 



Crocus, etc. 



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PLANTS and BULBS 



AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, 31 Barday St., or P. 0. Box 752, NEW YORK 



for Florists' forcing; Azaleas, Rhododendrons, 

 Lilacs, etc.; Romans, Valleys, Lilies, etc., imported 

 to order; delivery. Fall season 1910. Address 



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COLD STORAGE VALLEY 



Yary llneit rrftdei of Yallay (or ■hipment h 

 istlrsd from Nsw York. 



GREENHOUSE PLANTS 



Pabnt, Bay Treei, Flcua, Araacarlaa, Aapldii- 

 Irai, ate., of choice quality. 



HOLLAND PLANTS 



Koaea, Peoniea, Rhododendrona, Box Treaa, 

 Olsmatla, Oonlleri, etc., at low prlcaa. 



LILY or THE VALLEY 



Fineat rradaa of Berlin and Hambarc for 

 Import. 



H. F.RANK DARROW 



p. 0. Bm 12M 26 Bwday St. NEW YORK 



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Said 



AULIFLOWER 

 A B B A G E 



LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS 



HJALMAR HARTMANN & CO. 



iMvaafMtnMrie 20, Ctpetbafca, DcMMrt 



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F. J. Grootendorst 

 ft Sons 



B08K00P, HOLLAND 



Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Qematis, 

 Roses, pot-grown plants for forcing. 

 Bttxus, Conifers, Japanese Maples, 



Shrubs, Palms, Bulbs. Etc 



A postal brings onr catalosne. 



LET US QUOTE PRICES 

 ON YOUR LIST OF WANTS 



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ORCHIDS 



Largrest Importers, Exporters, Growers 

 and Hybridists in the world. 



SANDER, St. Albans, EflEland 



and 235 Broadway, Room 1. New York Gty 



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